Does every kids event have to involve food?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with what you’re saying. No, every event should not involve food!! Kids get enough calories and junk as it is. They do not need donuts at a swim meet.

Yeah, my kid doesn't have any health issues, but I still wish that EVERY SINGLE thing didn't involve junk food. We used to get orange slices at practice or games, and treats for the last game of the season or something. Not every practice and every game and every school event, etc., etc.

[Anonymous]

That kid is allergic to plants and flowers, I bet you that is what this is. He rubs his neck with his hands, hence the neck "burns."
I had it as a kid.

[Anonymous]

Photodermititis combined with some allergy to plants and eczema in the mix too?
That sounds way more likely.
Are most of these sporting events outside?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like an eating disorder to me. It's very fashionable to blame all sorts of things on gluten or wheat or dairy or eggs. But there is absolutely no scientific proof that they are the cause of anything. Doctors are just fobbing you off because they don't know.

No. https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/eczema/ss/slideshow-top-eczema-triggers

WebMD - and their uncited slideshow - is not the best place to get medical information IMHO.

DP. Ok, then...

https://nationaleczema.org/food-allergies-and-children-with-eczema/

DP- did you actually read this? Again, there is no CAUSAL LINK between food allergies and eczema. This article states that. People who have one are more likely to have the other but FOOD DOESN'T CAUSE ECZEMA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like an eating disorder to me. It's very fashionable to blame all sorts of things on gluten or wheat or dairy or eggs. But there is absolutely no scientific proof that they are the cause of anything. Doctors are just fobbing you off because they don't know.

No. https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/eczema/ss/slideshow-top-eczema-triggers

WebMD - and their uncited slideshow - is not the best place to get medical information IMHO.

DP. Ok, then...

https://nationaleczema.org/food-allergies-and-children-with-eczema/

DP- did you actually read this? Again, there is no CAUSAL LINK between food allergies and eczema. This article states that. People who have one are more likely to have the other but FOOD DOESN'T CAUSE ECZEMA.

I mean the page literally says foods cause eczema flares but honestly, people should stop providing sources anyway bc it’s not our job to educate belligerent people on the internet. People should take ownership of their own health.

Since non-IGE allergies are often outgrown I think a lot of adults think they simply don’t exist, or they blow them off as not serious.

[Anonymous]

People use the word allergy incredibly liberally. It's an easy way to feel in control of their environment.

In the meantime, it's making more people turn to processed foods because they can't send in anything nut related and are afraid of all the other "allergies" out there. Remember the days when we all went to school with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My youngest has severe eczema. We have met with several specialists and over the course of a year have identified what flares him up- wheat, dairy, eggs, corn, tomatoes, chocolate, nuts, preservatives, annatto, sorbitol, and some others. Basically anything that comes in a box or can triggers hives and then skin that looks like third degree burns on his neck, torso, legs, arms, back and cheeks. It’s absolutely miserable and takes weeks to clear up a flare. I travel with our own snacks but it’s so damn hard when every single kids event involves food that he cannot eat. He’s 5 and he understands that he can’t have that sort of stuff and we are praying that he outgrows his allergies, and I honestly don’t want to take away the joy of food for anyone else but I just want one kids event that doesn’t involve food. Swim team celebrates every meet with boxes of donuts. The meets themselves involve snacks that are candy bars and chips. Piano gives away lollipops and other candy as prizes. Baseball does ice cream after every game. Soccer does cookies. School does pizza parties and ice cream. Every play date involves chips, gummies, etc. I know it’s just bad eczema and nowhere near the stresses of anaphylactic allergies that other parents have to deal with, but it’s just tiring. Give me one school event or sports practice where everyone eats fruits and veggies to celebrate. Anyway, I know this is a first world problem and I wouldn’t dare bring this up anywhere but an anonymous forum so this is just a rant.

OP I get it. We are in the daycare years and people bring in treats for birthdays but I dont always get a heads up. My son came into the car one day and I asked about his day. He was really quiet and kind of out of his normal happy-go-lucky. He said, Mommy, it was X's birthday today. He got a cupcake! I said oh wow! Lucky X. You had cupcakes on your birthday too! Do you remember if they were chocolate or vanilla? His reply: well, everyone else but me got one. Ms. X got me a snack from my box but I really wanted a blue cupcake bc its my favorite color.

Well we went home and made blue cupcakes but it does suck. I don't expect ANYONE to cater to my kids but it would be nice to get a forewarning. I've even had people at birthday parties suggest that we shouldnt bring a safe slice of cake or safe cupcake because their kid might want one too. Ummm yes only MY kid should be left out (at 3 years old) but dont worry I bring enough for everykid to have one (just in case).

I direct a childcare center - PLEASE feel free to bring in 4 cupcakes that are safe for your child well-wrapped and labeled so we can put them in the freezer for birthdays. Honestly, we don't always get a lot of heads up from the birthday parent what they are bringing and when they are bringing it, although we work hard to get parents to tell us for this reason. Right now I have 2 ziplock bags in our school's freezer for 2 different children for birthdays. Because, yes, a fig newton is NOT THE SAME as a cupcake when other children are eating those cupcakes! Not at all the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People use the word allergy incredibly liberally. It's an easy way to feel in control of their environment.

In the meantime, it's making more people turn to processed foods because they can't send in anything nut related and are afraid of all the other "allergies" out there. Remember the days when we all went to school with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are processed foods...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People use the word allergy incredibly liberally. It's an easy way to feel in control of their environment.

In the meantime, it's making more people turn to processed foods because they can't send in anything nut related and are afraid of all the other "allergies" out there. Remember the days when we all went to school with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?

Yep, I remember those days. I had to be very careful as a kid in the elementary school cafeteria.
I’m 42 years old, with anaphylactic peanut and tree nut allergies. This isn’t a new, made-up thing, you know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People use the word allergy incredibly liberally. It's an easy way to feel in control of their environment.

In the meantime, it's making more people turn to processed foods because they can't send in anything nut related and are afraid of all the other "allergies" out there. Remember the days when we all went to school with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?

Yep, I remember those days. I had to be very careful as a kid in the elementary school cafeteria.
I’m 42 years old, with anaphylactic peanut and tree nut allergies. This isn’t a new, made-up thing, you know.

No one is saying peanut allergies are made up (well maybe the whack job above). We are saying a list a mile long tang includes sorbitol is unlikely to cause eczema.

[Anonymous]

You need to treat your child like he has an allergy (he probably does) and bring food with you to all events just like all the other allergy moms do. It's a pain but we do what we have to do to keep our children safe (including bringing a cupcake to birthday parties, for example). Consider yourself very lucky that your child just gets a rash if he eats something he's not supposed to and doesn't need to carry an epi-pen, for example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My youngest has severe eczema. We have met with several specialists and over the course of a year have identified what flares him up- wheat, dairy, eggs, corn, tomatoes, chocolate, nuts, preservatives, annatto, sorbitol, and some others. Basically anything that comes in a box or can triggers hives and then skin that looks like third degree burns on his neck, torso, legs, arms, back and cheeks. It’s absolutely miserable and takes weeks to clear up a flare. I travel with our own snacks but it’s so damn hard when every single kids event involves food that he cannot eat. He’s 5 and he understands that he can’t have that sort of stuff and we are praying that he outgrows his allergies, and I honestly don’t want to take away the joy of food for anyone else but I just want one kids event that doesn’t involve food. Swim team celebrates every meet with boxes of donuts. The meets themselves involve snacks that are candy bars and chips. Piano gives away lollipops and other candy as prizes. Baseball does ice cream after every game. Soccer does cookies. School does pizza parties and ice cream. Every play date involves chips, gummies, etc. I know it’s just bad eczema and nowhere near the stresses of anaphylactic allergies that other parents have to deal with, but it’s just tiring. Give me one school event or sports practice where everyone eats fruits and veggies to celebrate. Anyway, I know this is a first world problem and I wouldn’t dare bring this up anywhere but an anonymous forum so this is just a rant.

OP I get it. We are in the daycare years and people bring in treats for birthdays but I dont always get a heads up. My son came into the car one day and I asked about his day. He was really quiet and kind of out of his normal happy-go-lucky. He said, Mommy, it was X's birthday today. He got a cupcake! I said oh wow! Lucky X. You had cupcakes on your birthday too! Do you remember if they were chocolate or vanilla? His reply: well, everyone else but me got one. Ms. X got me a snack from my box but I really wanted a blue cupcake bc its my favorite color.

Well we went home and made blue cupcakes but it does suck. I don't expect ANYONE to cater to my kids but it would be nice to get a forewarning. I've even had people at birthday parties suggest that we shouldnt bring a safe slice of cake or safe cupcake because their kid might want one too. Ummm yes only MY kid should be left out (at 3 years old) but dont worry I bring enough for everykid to have one (just in case).

I direct a childcare center - PLEASE feel free to bring in 4 cupcakes that are safe for your child well-wrapped and labeled so we can put them in the freezer for birthdays. Honestly, we don't always get a lot of heads up from the birthday parent what they are bringing and when they are bringing it, although we work hard to get parents to tell us for this reason. Right now I have 2 ziplock bags in our school's freezer for 2 different children for birthdays. Because, yes, a fig newton is NOT THE SAME as a cupcake when other children are eating those cupcakes! Not at all the same.

My child doesn't have any allergies, but I'm thankful for her friends with allergies that our school doesn't allow this. We're at a completely nut free school and nothing is allowed to be brought in to be shared. Once, someone brought in a little treat bag for birthdays.

[Anonymous]

OP just seems like such a troll. Her 5 year old has a super rare condition and also does piano, swim, baseball, and soccer at 5 years old? Also none of the team sports my kids have been doing for the last few years have offered snacks at all due to COVID. This whole post just doesn't add up.

[Anonymous]

That doesn't seem that unusual to me. Plenty of 5-year-olds play piano and swim. Baseball and soccer are super common for the under-5 set, and are frequently not year-round anyway. My 5-year-old nephew does all four of those activities.

What's weird is that OP is encountering snacks at all of those activities. My 5-year-old does a ton of those activities and the only time snacks are provided are at special events that are essentially parties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD gets a candy bar from her French tutor at every lesson. She gets a bag of chips from tennis coach if she wins and sometimes just because.
She gets popcorn at tennis tournaments.
She gets candy from music teacher.
She gets candy from language arts teacher.
She gets Cheetos and Caprisun as a snack at camps.
She gets cookies and candy shared at school at lunch.
There is pizza, cookies, cake and ice cream at every party.

This Merica!

Then leave.

Doesn't work that way. Americans are free to talk about problems in America, even if you don't like it.